Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-03
MR.. coloRow's GREAT SPEECH.
Bill Nye Reports 1t and Explains His
Indian Policy.

btl Nye Reports 1t and Explains Hi,
Indian Policy.
MY Policy-one which, | regret To say, ba.
never been adopted by the government-is &
hire sufficient number Of armed hcrierS tC
take the entire grand remnant sale OF lndiar
tribes out on the plains and watch them all
summer, rounding them up and counting
them every morning and evening t. that
they Gre all there. Through the day they
might be kept busy pulling up the p zen
weed which grows all over the grazing
grounds OF the west, and thus they would
get plenty Of fresh air and at the same time
do good IN a modest way. But this scheme
for "Ctclizing" the Utes is hundred years
ahead Of the age, ana l do not expect
that it will mcet with the Endorsement Of the
administration.
There are. however. two sides to the Indian
questlon-rlz. right and a wrong side
That is why the Indian question wears SO
well
One OF the great wrongs incident to the
matter is the great DELAY in officially reach
ing the war department in such a way as to
attract the eye Of the speaker. BY the time
courier can get into telegraph station and
wire the governor of "a state who notifies the
adJutant general to write = dictated ietter
with his trenchant typewriter, apprising the
commander of the department, who Ia at
Coney Island or Carlsbad, with no typewriter
nearer than fifteen miles. who wires the gov
ernor 70 make active inquiries about the mat
ter and hv ,b ,,r,a ,I,. ,,ovsrpor has son, n
committee, who 60 To within fifty miles Of
the scene Of hostihties, and return at the end
OF SIX weeks to report that they do not know
ana ,h., u h,, . r.,.h,,., i ali, Lint arj
rrmt,bls .,ev;tn,.ss.s n, W.. r.rs,r.IIy
ACQUAINTED with d.,,,s,u, and viii swear that
they hay. no ip,sr.s, in the r.snIr ,f ,h.. ont
break come !, and MI. v,;,,.n and
grammatical REQUEST for troops and the war
denar,m.ut GETS tboro,,bIv r,S,aJ ,b. In
dians have gone home washed thu. gore off
their hands ami r.s,n.j a,r ,p,., hmm
drum life Like trying IN treat a man IN
Liy.r,sool for ,of,eninS of the brain bv ,p
pIyiny tn. mind cur. rer cable from New
York the remedy is too remote from TN, dis
cass.
Indians an, onicI ard :-,nuIsive in the
matter of homicide They are Slow to rra,ple
with ANYTHING of a humorous nature ani ali
the humorous lccrur.rs who have be.n ON
the Ute lecture courSa have los, money i'm,
in the holocaust line or general arson tor
ture and massacre bps,psss they net with
astonishing rapidity. As a race they re-
gard this entire land as their own. lust as the
nusouitoes claim Nav J.rs..x S,mnIv h.
cause they were there first
The Indians So. that the pr,perty is inn |
proving and So tbey feel morr AMI more
wealthy and arrogant They claim that they
will never give up their rights unless they
get hard up. and even then II will not count.
They ALWAYS have q mental reservation in
these matters which they prefer TO the reser-
walton proyi,ied Inv the Government
Indians naturally dislike TO see these lands
in the possession Of we.lthy men whose sons
earn a precarious livelihood by pIayipg lawn
tennis.
Colorow once made short speech TO his
troops, which was taken down at the time by
a gentleman who WAS pr,,sent and who was